J T Barber High School - Warrior Yearbook (New Bern, NC)

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In the third year, owing to the old educational custom, the Sophomores became Juniors, and their promotion made their sense of importance increase all out of due proportion. Great indeed, was their scorn for the Fresh¬ men and the Sophomores. It must be admitted that the aforesaid Freshmen and Sophomores, completely absorbed in their own process of being explored, were in no wise embarrassed or concerned. These persons guided us through our third year: President, William Shepard; Vice President, Doris Bell; Sec¬ retary, Cleopatra Hargett; Parliamentarian, Wilda Deans; Reporter, William Moore; and Business Manager, Mil- ton Shields. The most important features of the year was the preparation for our prom. Immediately we began our mon¬ ey-raising projects, namely the Womanless Wedding and a newspaper-selling which failed. But the night of May 15, our dream was made a reality. Our prom, The Mardi Gras, had not failed. It was simply beyond the best. Added activities, namely the Crown and Scepter and F.T.A. were of great import. Our class members in the Crown and Scepter were John Daniels, Doris Bell, Cleopatra Hargett, and Wilda Deans, while Essie Nobles, Charlene Hayes, James Scott, Earnestine Carter, Mary Jones, Mildred Best, Evelyn Gray, Cleopatra Hargett, Faye Johnson, Faye Johnson, Harold Gaskins, William Moore, Mamie Rasberry, Lois Wright, Elnora Phillips; Dale Smith and Edna Jones were members of the F. T. A. Edwin Green, Edna Jones, Faye Johnson, Cleopatra Hargett, Doris Bell, Thurealee Perry, Mildred Best, and Lois Wright took very active parts in the state-wide spelling bee. William Shepard and John Daniels scored the two highest points on the National Merit Scholarship Test. John also attended the National Science Foundations ' Summer School Program at A and T College, Greensboro. The Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y and their advisors attended the annual Y.M.C. A. and Y.W.C. A. conference in Lumberton. This was a year of work and the dreaded ordeal of examinations was passed with few casualties. The teach¬ ers had endeared themselves to the heart of the class, and there was a feeling of genuine friendship throughout the school. We approached our fourth and greatest year of all with a bang! Our history at Barber was nearing its end. We were seniors when the school year began. The organization of the class was as follows: President, Wilda Deans; Vice President, Charles Dixon; Secretary, Doris Bell; Assistant Secretary, Linwood White; Treasurer, John Daniels; and Parliamentarian, William Shepard. Miss Martin, Mr. Keyes, and Mr. Attmore were energetically at the helm. To start the highlights of this period of our history, the High School Senior Day Trip to A and T College, Greensboro. A very adventuresome trip it was as two fellow scho olmates did their part in the persons of William Dixon and Hubert Hargett playing on opposing teams. The J. T. Barber Warriors were runners-up for the Eastern Championship in football. The class members who were active in this feat were Charles Dixon, Raymond Col¬ lins, Aaron Martin, Shelton Kirkman, Eddie King, Richard Staten and William Shepard. Taking part in the Annual Shrine Bowl game were: Aaron Martin, Shelton Kirkman, Raymond Collins. All of this was looked upon with friendly amusement by the teacher-explorers, who regarded the result of their four years of hard labor with rightful pride. They had converted a band of ignorant, untamed aborigines into intelligent, courteous citizens of their great school, and had lost only the usual proportion in the process. Better yet, they had found that for which they had been searching so eagerly; a genius in fact, several of them, and all of the class was passable. This next period, settlement, is not easy to describe. In these fast-moving and disturbing times, nothing remains settled for long, but it appears that the seniors were urged to stay in the country to which they had come four years previously to be discovered, in which they remained to be explored and are now ready to be settled. They have all chosen their vocations. Each was destined to become famous and honored throughout the land. Their successes lie, not as impossibilities, but tasks waiting to be carried out. The only thing impossible is that which has not been thought about. We say then, our helmsmen, Miss Martin, Mr. Keyes, and Mr. Attmore, led us safely through. Only now, old man experience will take over . . . Onward to Yonder. The Historians Class of 1960

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Class Mistory The discovery of the class of 1960 was an accident. Four years ago on September 6, 1956, the faculty of Barber High School was strolling aimlessly through the corridors, chattering about the just-ended vacation and wondering whether there would be any startling changes in their work during the coming year. Suddenly they caught a glimpse of something new and strange. In the halls were the members who became the class of 1960. To the casual eye, they seemed merely a group of ordinary boys and girls, but to the trained eyes of these daunt¬ less and experienced explorers, these strangers seemed distinct and widely separated individuals, each possessing aptitude and talents; deficiencies and capabilities worth finding out. The discovery having been reported to the principal, Mr. W. M. Booker, he received the news of this re¬ markable acquisition to his territory with marked delight and a few misgivings. Accordingly each of the discoveries became an explorer. The strangers were divided into small groups and assigned to the care of different explorers, namely: Mr. A. Attmore, Mr. A. Brown, Mr. W. G. Keyes, Mrs. A. B. Bryant, Miss J. C. Hobbs, and Mr. S. E. Coates. After the period of settlement, our class began to participate in various activities including Girls ' and Boys ' Sports which included a large number of athletic-minded classmates. To improve their personality the following students joined the Charm Club: Faye Johnson, Doris Humphrey, Barbara Dillahunt, Mildred Best, Gwendolyn Blount, Prances George, Mamie Rasberry, Edna Jones, Neater Slade, and Ernestine Carter. Others joined the Make-Up Club. The students showing exceptional musical ability joined the Glee Club. These were; Faye Johnson, Patricia Burden, Cleopatra Hargett, Dale Smith, Barb ara Pelhem, Hattie Jennett, Christopher Howard, Dolcy Hicks, Clinton Walston, Wilbert Swindell, Frances George, Shelton Blount, Barbara Dillahunt, and Earl Bryant. During this year a highlight of A rating was given our Band in both the District and State Festivals. Our participants included Raymond Collins, Doris Bell, Roy Southerland, Ruby Jones, Charles Aldridge, Robert Reynolds, and Wilda Deans. The following students became members of the N. H. A.: Doris Humphrey, Mary Jones, Gwendolyn Blount, Helen West, Evelyn Gray, Emma Henry, Faye Johnson, Essie Nobles, Edna Jones, Gloria Foskey, Mary Woods, and Neater Slade. During the year the Gra-Y initiated members who were; Linwood White, Edwin Green, Alton Hickman, James Delemar, Rufus Gillette, Freddie Sasser, Clinton Walston, Clyde Lee, William Moore, Eddie King, and Charles Aldridge. Students showing scientific ability became members of the Science and Mathematics Clubs. Frank Staten, James Scott, and many others made up the membership. Many others became members of the Audio-Visual Club. Emma Henry, Ola Pearsall, Barbara Pelhem, Elnora Phillips, Charles Jennett, Doris Humphrey, Mary Jones, Evelyn Gray, Dolly Gaskins, Harold Gaskins, Clyde Lee, and John Daniels constituted the membership. James Scott, Linwood White, Dolcy Hicks, William Moore, Edwin Green, Rufus Gillette, Freddie Sasser, Isaac Martin, Eddie King, Patricia Burden, and Lois Wright joined the Photography Club. Essie Nobles and Lillie Stanley were interested in school government and became members of the Student Council. Barbara Green, Jessie Stancil, Alice Moore, Lillie Stanley, Faye Johnson, Essie Nobles, Dale Smith, Wilda Deans, Ruby Jones, and Neather Slade became members of the Y-Teens. Charles Dixon, Shelton Kirkman, Charles Holloway, and Eddie King were members of the football team which won the State Championship. The basketball team won the Eastern Championship with the help of Freddie Sasser and Rufus Gillette. At the end of the year, a terrible disaster befell the Freshmen. Many had their growth retarded a year by what is commonly called a Final Examination. But with the coming of the next September, they received a new name of Sophomores based on their skill in acquiring the customs of the school. This was called, by a native name, Promotion. And now a strange thing happened. Remembering the scorn with which they had been regarded the previous year, they now adopted that same attitude toward the incoming strangers who took their places as Freshmen. The year began with a continuation of the previous activities with the addition of the Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y, and Taxidermy Club. Their members were respectively: Linwood White, Robert Bell, George Dawson, Harold Gas¬ kins, Harold Dunston, William Moore, Charlie Fulcher, Wilbert Swindell, Shelton Blount, Isaac Martin, Roy Southerland, Earl Bryant and John Daniels; Doris Humphrey, Mary Woods, Doris Bell, Wilda Deans, Emma Henry, and Charlene Hayes; William Moore, John Daniels, Charlie Fulcher, Shelton Blount, and Edwin Green.

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Class Will We, the members of the class of 1960, in the Town of New Bern, the County of Craven, and the State of North Carolina, being of sound mental nealth, do hereby make this last will and testament and in this manner we do dispose of all our possessions: 1. To the Junior Class, we leave our good luck. In addition to this, our privilege and rights as seniors in the classrooms and chapel will revert to them, as well as all examination questions we have been given during the past years. We believe that an examination, like history, often repeats itself; also we leave you any boys or girls we leave behind. 2. To our good friends, the Sophomores, we leave our good patience. It will be found useful as the only means to endure the Juniors. 3. To the young unsophisticated Freshmen, we leave a map of the school building, so that they will not get lost and roam about in everybody ' s way. 4. To our dear ole school building, we leave the peaceful quiet caused by our absence. 5. To our Principal, we give and bequeath a sense of relief that we have at last been graduated, pleasant memories of our four years together, and a feeling of pride in any great deeds of noteworthy achievement that our future may contain, realizing that such glories - if any - will owe much to his ex¬ ample of counsel. 6. To our teachers, we hereby give our entire store of knowledge. From them it comes and to them it should be returned, that others may be benefited by it as we have been. We also leave to the teachers our very kindest regards and our sincere gratitude for their unfailing kindness and aid. Finally, we do hereby name and appoint as the sole executor of this, our last Will and Testament our class advisors: Miss E. B. Martin Mr. W. G. Keyes Mr. A. Attmore In witness whereof we, the Class of 1960, the testator, have set our hands and seal on this, the thirty-first day of May, in the Year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and sixty.